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DOOR INDIGATOR No. 556,525. Patented Mar. l7, 1896.

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P. ARENAS DOOR INDICATOR- No. 556,525. Patented Mar. 17, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF C FRANCIS ARENAS, OF CHRISTCHURCH, NE? ZEALA N D.

DOOR-INDICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 556,525, dated March 17, 1896.

Application fil d June 22,1892. Serial No. 437,651. (in) model.)

To all whom it 11mg concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANCIS ARENAS, Spanish Consul for New Zealand, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Christchurch, in the Colony of New Zealand, have invented a certain new and useful Bedroom-Indicator to Indicate the Requirements of Lodgers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus to be attached to the door of a bedroom, whereby a lodger may indicate, first, the time at which he desires to be awakened; second, what refreshment he may require, and, third, in case of need that a doctor is required.

The apparatus also contains a thermometer to indicate the temperature of the room, hesides having two luminous disks which give su fficient light at night to enable the occupant to see about the room without being always compelled to strike a match to obtain a light.

The apparatus is easily attached to the door, has a neat and ornamental appearance and is not likely to get out of order. It consists of two pairs of dials, (upper and lower,) one pair on each side of the door, the upper pair having numerals thereon similar to a clock-dial, while the lower pair are divided into segments having the names of various refreshments thereon. The outer pair of dials are covered with glass faces mounted in a frame, preferably of stamped metal. Each pair of dials are fitted with hands,which can be set by the occupant of the room at any position on the dials, and a bell is attached to the dial-frame inside the room between the dials and fitted with a handle. The occupant of the room can set the hands of the upper dials pointing to any hour he desires to be awakened and the hands of the lower dials pointing to the name of any refreshment he may require. At the time thus indicated on the upper dial outside the room the boots or other servant whose duty it may be inserts a small key with handle (which may be carried in the pocket) into a keyhole in the frame of outer dials, and by turning the key around it causes the bell inside the room to ring, at the same time causing a small telltale-indicator to show itself in front of upper outside dial, but inside glass face, thus indicating that the servant has fulfilled his duty in calling the occupant of the room. When the said occupant has been thus aroused the key is withdrawn. The boots or other servant then seeing on the lower dial what refreshment, if any, is required immediately orders it, so that by the time the occupant of the room is ready the desired refreshment is also ready for him. If the occupant of the room at any time requires attention or refreshment, or even a doctor, if need be, he sets the hands of the lower dials pointing to What he requires and then rings the bell, the action of the bell-handle at the same time causing a telltale-indicator to fall in front of lower outside dial, but inside glass face, thus indicating to the person answering to the bell which room requires attention. The telltale-indicator'of the upper dial is replaced by means of a pin attached to key, hereinafter described. The telltale-indicator of the lower dial is replaced by pressing a projecting pin in frame of outer dials, as hereinafter described.

In order that my invention may be better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same by reference to the annexed sheets of drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front view of the dials and frame attached to outside of door. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional elevation showing both the inside and outside dial-frames, as well as the bell, the connecting devices, and other auxiliary mechanism. Fig. 3 is a front view of the dials and frame,with bell, attached to inside of door. Fig. atis a back view of the dial-frame, which is attached to outside of door, showing the arrangement of the telltaleindicators. Fig. 5 is a view of the diaLframe, which is attached to inside of door, but with the bell removed in order to show the mechanism for ringing the bell and operating the lower telltale-indicator hereinafter described. Fig. 6 is a side view of the toothed wheel and pinion with bell-clapper hereinafter described. Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional plan of the socket and spring-collar with pin attached to the lower telltale-indicator. Fig. 8

is an enlarged view of the said lower telltaleindicator, showing the notched disk and stoppin against which it catches when down Figs. 9 and 10 are side and end views, respectively, of the key with handle and pin for releasing the upper telltale-indicator.

The same letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all. of the figures.

A is the mullion of door; 13, the frame of outside dials, preferably of stamped metal; (7, the upper outside dial; D, the lower outside dial; E, glass face of upper outside dial; 1*, glass face of lower outside dial; Gr, frame of inside dials, preferably of stamped metal; ll, the upper inside dial; J, the lower inside dial. Each pair of dials may be of paper, cardboard, or othersuitable material. K, the bell; L, bridge which secures the bell; M, handle for ringing bell inside; N, the thermometer.

0 is the spindle of upper dials, to which spindle the hands P P are attached. Q is the spindle of the lower dials, to which spindle the hands R R are attached. The inner ends of these spindles have milled heads S S in order to be easily turned by the fingers, the face of each milled head being coated with luminous paint. The hands P and R are each secured by two lock-nuts which press against springs a a, the purpose of which springs is to bear between the lock-nuts and shoulders on the spindles, as shown, so as to hold or secure the spindles to whatever positions the hands may be turned, thus preventing the hands from slipping out of place accidentally.

T is the spindle to which the bell is fixed, as also the toothed wheel Z) and the cranked pin and collar 0, the spiral spring (Z being placed between the said collar and the bell.

e is a pinion having flange to which the bell-clapper f is pivoted.

g is a bracket for carrying the end of the spindle of pinion e.

7L and 71. are upper and lower arms, respectively, attached to a collar i, (thus forming a double lever,) which collar works 011 a pin j, which forms the fulcrum.

7c is a lever attached to the inner end of spindle Z, which spindle has a spiral spring on fitted thereon, one end of which is secured to a screw fixed to spindle, while the other end is inserted into lug of inner dial-frame. The outer end of this spindle is square and fits into a corresponding square hole in collar '12, to which the lower telltale-indicator, 0, is attached, as also a projecting pin 1). Around the collar 07. and within the socket 0' there is a spiral spring q.

The disk of lower telltale indicator is notched (see Fig. 8) for the purpose of catching against a projecting pin when the said indicator is turned down, as hereinafter described.

Z is the telltale-indicator for upper dial, having a slot through which the projecting pin it passes, forming a stop. The said telltale-indicator is held against the dial-frame by a spring 2*. The inside of outer dial-frame B is recessed, as shown, to allow the telltaleindieator to work clear of the face of door.

w is the keyhole into which the key w is inserted for the purpose of ringing the bell and raising the upper telltale-indicator, as hereinafter described.

y is the hole into which the pin .5 on handle of key 00 is inserted to release theupper telltale-indicator, the said pin .5 being capable of being turned outward to one side, as seen at detail Fig. 10, so as to enable such insertion to be made.

The apparatus is worked as follows: Supposing a ledger desires to be called at six ocloek in the morning, he merely sets the hands of the upper dials (by turning the milled head S) pointing to six oclock, and if he also desires refreshment prepared he sets the hands of the lower dials (by turning the milled head S) pointing to the name of the refreshment he requires. At the hour thus indicated on the upper dial the boots or other servant inserts the key 00 into the keyhole U, pressing forward until the lip on the key clears the dial-frame, thereby pressing the spindle T inward and causing the pin and collar 0 to clear the upper lever-arm 7L, so that the said spindle can turn without dropping the lower indicator, 0. The key a: is then turned around, when the toothed wheel I) engages the pinion e and causes the clapper f to strike the bell, and the lip of the key a: meanwhile raises the telltale-indicator i. As soon as the occupant of the room is aroused and answers, the key a: is withdrawn, when the spindle T shoots back by the action of spring 02 into itsformer position. When the bell is rung by the handle M the pin on collar 0 raises the upper lever-arm 7t, causing the lever-arm 7t to press the lever k, which causes the spindle Z to turn the collar n, thereby turning down the telltale-indicator 0. Meanwhile the spring (1 presses said collar or and indicator 0 forward until the notched disk of said indicator is caught by the projecting pin 3.

The upper telltale-indicator, t, is replaced by inserting the small pin .5, attached to handle of key as, into the hole 3 thereby pressing the spring 1; and thus releasing the telltale-indicator, which falls by its own weight against stop-pin a. The lower telltale-indicator is replaced by merely pressing the pin 19, which causes the notched disk of the said indicator to clear the pin 8, when the action of the spring 0% causes the said indicator to rotate out of sight.

The lower dials may of course have any desiredkinds of refreshments named thereon to suit different establishments.

In large establishments, where it would be difficult to hear the indicator-bell in various parts of the house, the said indicator may be connected with an electric bell or bells, the contact being made by the action of the indicator-bell handle.

I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to any particular shape, size, or materials in the construction of my bedroomindicator, nor to the precise details as shown.

in the drawings, as they may be altered or modified Without departing from the nature of my invention.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my saidinvention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. In an indicator of the character described, the combination of the central springpressed spindle having the bell affixed thereto, the toothed wheel and the crank-pin carried by said spindle, the pinion gearing with said wheel and provided with the clapper, and a key for Operating the spindle, substantially as described.

2. In an indicator of the character described, the combination of the central springpressed spindle and the bell aflixed thereto, the toothed wheel and crank-pin carried by said spindle, the pinion gearing with said Wheel and provided with the clapper, the key for operating the spindle provided withalip,

' and the telltale-indicator 15, held against the frame by a spring, the same being engaged by the lip of the key, substantially as shown and in the manner described.

3'. In an indicator of the character described, the combination of the central springpressed spindle and the bell afiixed thereto, the toothed wheel and the crank-pin carried by said spindle, the pinion gearing with said Wheel and provided with the clapper, the pivoted arms h, h, the lower spindle and the indicator o, and the lever k, attached to the inner end of said lower spindle and operated by the arm h, substantially as shown and for 

